This week’s edition includes National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, environmental stewardship, provincial elections, policing and more.
IN THE NEWS
September 30th marked National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with events and reflections across the country, including a blog post from Tumia Knott, spaləl̕, that was republished by NB Media Co-op and The Tyee
Let’s talk about Truth and Reconciliation Day | The Narwhal
Truth and Reconciliation: Indigenous leaders say work lies ahead | CTV News
30 years of Indigenous resistance with Ellen Gabriel | The Narwhal
Honouring and Supporting Indigenous Resilience | First Peoples Law
National headlines highlighted funding for unmarked grave searches, safe drinking water, environmental stewardship and residential school denialism
Kimberly Murray says sustainable budget needed for grave searches | APTN News
Ottawa heads to court to fight class-action lawsuit over unsafe drinking water on First Nations | The Globe and Mail*
New funding and structure for Indigenous Guardians programs | The Narwhal
NDP MP Leah Gazan introduces bill to criminalize residential school denialism | The Globe and Mail*
BC news included policing, renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty, the upcoming provincial election, Métis representation and fish farming
BC Assembly of First Nations Calls for the Recognition of First Nations Jurisdiction over Policing after RCMP Failure | British Columbia Assembly of First Nations | BCAFN
Columbia River Treaty renegotiation focused on Canadian flexibility | Revelstoke Mountaineer
How the election could change B.C.'s course on reconciliation | CBC News
45 First Nations denounce group claiming to represent B.C. Métis | CBC News
What does the future of salmon farming look like in B.C.? | The Narwhal
Environmental contamination and the Impact Assessment Act returned to the news in Alberta
First Nations claim government hid contamination results | CTV News
Alberta gives Ottawa legal challenge ultimatum over Impact Assessment Act | Global News
An urban reserve agreement was the top story in Saskatchewan
Sweetgrass F.N. and N.B. sign ‘historic’ Urban Reserve Services Agreement | Laronge Now
Manitoba news included a treaty rights infringement lawsuit, conservation and policing
Northern First Nations sue province over waterways | Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba’s Seal River a bright spot for birds — and conservation | The Narwhal
Manitoba First Nations Police Service takes over for RCMP in Brokenhead Ojibway Nation | CBC News
Fire protection and the Métis Nation of Ontario made the top headlines in Ontario
Ontario First Nations sue federal government over fire protection services funding | CBC News
Ontario chiefs laud Sask. Métis leaders for leaving national organization over identity dispute | CBC News
Federal funding, heritage tours and an upcoming provincial election were front and centre on the East Coast
Self-identifying Indigenous group got $74M in federal cash, Inuit leader wants change | Kelowna Daily Courier
New Brunswick election: Relations between province, Indigenous Peoples in spotlight | Global News
Heritage path becomes a path to reconciliation in a First Nations community | CBC News
FROM THE COURTS
The BC Supreme Court weighed in on the seizure provisions of the Indian Act
Scala Development Consultant Ltd. v Spirit Bay Developments Limited Partnership, 2024 BCSC 1755
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
We hear the term reconciliation a lot and it doesn't really mean anything unless there's action.
- Chief Tamara Young, Pictou Landing First Nation
OFF THE BOOKSHELF
We never stop seeking what we were so that we can start becoming what we dream of.
- Gabriela Wiener, Undiscovered (2022)
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